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TheOld Stone Age is a broad prehistoric
period during which stone was widely
used to make implements with a sharp
edge ,a point,or percussion surface
Theperiod lasted roughly 3.4 million years
,and ended between 6000 BCE and 2000
BCE with the advent of metal working.
Stone Age artifacts include tools used by
humans and by their predecessor species
genus Homo ,as well as the earlier partly
contemporaneous genera
Australopthecus and paranthropus.
Bone tools were used during this period as
well but are rarely preserve in the
archaeological record.
Stone tools
Rock Painting